[Intro] [E][F#m][A][E] first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2] And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray I pray every single [A] day For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope For a destin [E] ation
[Intro - BPM 95] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 1] [G] Another turning point, a [Cadd9] fork stuck in the [D] road, [G] Time grabs you by the wrist, di [Cadd9] rects you where to [D] go [Em] So make the [D] best of this [C] test and don't ask [G] why [Em] It's not a [D] question but a [C] lesson learned in [G] time
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 2] [G] So take the photographs and s [Cadd9] till frames in your [D] mind [G] Hang it on a shelf, in [Cadd9] good health and good [D] time [Em] Tattoos of m [D] emories and de [C] ad skin on tr [G] ial [Em] For what it's [D] worth it was [C] worth all the [G] while
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Instrumental - fuller drums - slightly mute chords to help melody ring out] | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C then Cadd-high9 | D | (gentle strums so not overpowering) | G (e-string- 5p30) - G6 (320000) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | Em (g-string- 2 0)| D | C (g-string- 02)| G | | Em | D | C | G |
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Chorus - Drums stop - more free time] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
